Counter-support.



i1 PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903. G. H. HARLAND. COUNTER SUPPORT. APPLICATIONFILED AUG 12, 1902 no MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

COUNTER-SUPPORT.

SEIEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters .IPatent No. 729,761, dated June2, 1903. Application filed August 12,1902. Serial No. 119,436: (Nomodel.)

To (ti/Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY I-IA LAND, a citizen of Canada,residing at Goderich,in the county of Huron, Dominion of Canada, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in OountenSupports, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in boot and shoe countersupports-11 c. devices having fangs adapted to be secured in the heelsof boots and shoes and body portions shaped to rest at the sides of thecounters thereof with a view of preventing the counters being forced outof shape incident to wear of the boots and shoes.

The invention consists in a certain peculiar counter support thenovelty, utility, and practical advantages of which willbe fullyunderstood from the following description and claim when taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sideelevation of a portion of a shoe equipped with one of my improvedcounter-supports. Fig. 2 is atransverse section taken on the broken line2 2 of Fig. 1, with one of the tangs of the support partly in elevation;and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the counter-support removed. A

Referring by letter to said drawings, A is the counter, and B the heel,of a shoe, and G is my improved counter-support. This sup port is formedof one piece of iron or other suitable metal, and consists, essentially,of a flat body a, the lower end of which is increased in thickness toform an exterior shoulder 12, and parallel tangs c, which extenddownwardly and inwardly from the lower end of the body and inconjunction with said body describe an approximate obtuse angle. Thetangs 0 describe a left-hand curve in the direction of their length, asbest shown in Fig. 2, and consequently they are enabled when driven intothe heel B by hammer-blows applied to the shoulder I) to draw the body aup firmly against the counter A, so as to enable said body a to properlysupport the counter and hold the same against outward movement. The lefthand curvature of the tangs c in the direction of their length is alsoadvantageous, since when they are driven into a heel they are not liableto work loose, and hence do not have to be clenched, as do the straighttangs of the counter-supports extant.

My improved supports are adapted to be applied to either or both sidesof the counter of a boot or shoe, and they are obviously cal-- theherein-described counter supp ort, formed of one piece of metal, andconsisting essen* tially of the flat body at having the exteriorshoulder 11 at its lower end, and the parallel tangs e .which inconjunction with the body describe an approximate obtuse angle, andwhich describe a left-hand curve in the di' rection of and throughouttheir length.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit nesses.

GEORGE HENRY I-IAR-LANDr Witnesses: A

JOHN THOMAS HARLAND, JAMES Sco'rr.

